All Nationalities
celebrating what makes us unique and what brings us together by Isabelle Tadmoury
Summer Celebrations The “official” start of summer is usually the 4th of July in the United States or the 14th of July in France. But have you ever stopped the think about how many countries celebrate their national days during the summer?
July 1st - Canada Day which is the "anniversary of Confederation" and celebrates the day Canada became an independent nation in1867
August 9th - Singapore’s National Day in commemoration of Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965
July 4th - US Day of Independence which marks the Declaration of Independence in 1776
August 15th - India Independence Day marks India’s liberation from Great Britain in 1947
July 14th - Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille jail in Paris and the start of the French Revolution in 1789
August 17th - Indonesia National day known as the “Seventeenth”, which celebrates the end of the Japanese occupation in 1945 and Indonesia's independence from The Netherlands
How many countries don’t celebrate a national day?.....Two! Can you guess which ones? ....Find out in the next issue. August 1st - Swiss National Day celebrates the founding of the Swiss confederacy -- 26 --
AWA Magazine - July/August 2021